June 09 1953 (BC)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1953-06-09
Writ Date 1953-04-10
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction
Provincial Jurisdiction
Province British Columbia
By-Election

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 15,956
Invalid Votes 28,616
Total Electors 740,456
Turnout Rate 45
Valid Ballots 333,952
Valid Votes 727,839

Notes

  • References: Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986. Prepared by Elections British Columbia and the Legislative Library (ISBN 0-7718-8677-2).
  • Note: The BC general election of 1953 was the second and last election to use a preferential ballot or alternative vote system. Reporting of valid/invalid votes and ballots is hampered by the available data. Due to the slate system used for multi-member ridings, within these ridings there is no data on rejected ballots, only for rejected votes. Both the number of valid votes and ballots cast correspond to the highest number of votes for any ballot, not the cumulative votes/ballots used. See pg 538 of the Electoral History of British Columbia.

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
British Columbia Liberal Party 48 3 6.25% 23.59%
Christian Democratic Party 14 0 0.00% 0.69%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 47 15 31.25% 30.85%
Independent 6 0 0.00% 0.27%
Labour Progressive Party 25 0 0.00% 1.03%
Labour/Independent Party 1 1 2.08% 0.22%
People's Party 1 0 0.00% 0.00%
Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia 39 1 2.08% 5.60%
Social Credit 48 28 58.33% 37.75%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Arnold Alexander Webster Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 20,583
Robert William Bonner Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 20,205
Thomas Audley Bate Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 19,768
Arthur James Turner Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver East (BC) 19,475
Tilly Jean Rolston Social Credit Vancouver-Point Grey 19,061
Arthur Laing British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 17,412
Theodore Roosvelt Burnett British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 14,612
Anthony Maximillian Arnold Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 13,225
Thomas James Irwin Social Credit Delta 13,079
Stanley Earl Wilcox Social Credit Vancouver East (BC) 12,910
Ernest Edward Winch Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Burnaby (BC) 12,689
Alexander Whidden Fisher British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Point Grey 12,022
Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin Social Credit Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 11,527
Bert Price Social Credit Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 11,273
Leonard Alec Shepherd Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Delta 11,095
Victor Wadham Forster Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 10,058
George James Greenaway Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 9,556
Frederick Norman Hill Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Point Grey 9,441
Charles Grant MacNeil Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 9,323
Alexander Barrett Macdonald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 9,216
William Neelands Chant Social Credit Victoria City (BC) 9,131
Walter Percival Wright Social Credit Victoria City (BC) 9,032
William Kenneth Kiernan Social Credit Chilliwack 8,776
Lydia Augusta Arsens Social Credit Victoria City (BC) 8,616
Ernest Arthur Crampton Social Credit Burnaby (BC) 8,151
George Henry Tomlinson Social Credit North Vancouver (BC) 7,728
George Clark Miller Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 7,373
Lyle Wicks Social Credit Dewdney 7,307
William Thomas Straith British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 7,193
Alexander Small Matthew Social Credit Vancouver Centre (BC) 7,066
Kenneth William Pattern Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Dewdney 7,003
Nancy Hodges British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 6,915
George Churchill Moxham Social Credit Vancouver Centre (BC) 6,782
William Andrew Cecil Bennett Social Credit South Okanagan 6,756
John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle Social Credit Saanich 6,681
Daniel John Proudfoot British Columbia Liberal Party Victoria City (BC) 6,484
Wilfred Robinson McDougall British Columbia Liberal Party North Vancouver (BC) 6,377
Laura Emma Mashall Jamieson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 6,283
James Campbell Bury Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vancouver Centre (BC) 6,238
John Groves Gould British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 5,936
Victor Wentworth Odlum British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 5,858
Dorothy Gretchen Steeves Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Vancouver (BC) 5,820
Leslie Gilmore British Columbia Liberal Party Delta 5,500
William Campbell Moore Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Comox 5,462
Everett Crowley British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 5,272
Colin Cameron Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 5,267
Frank Snowsell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Saanich 5,037
May Campbell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 4,923
John McRae Eddie Co-operative Commonwealth Federation New Westminster (BC) 4,903
Thomas Victor Allen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Victoria City (BC) 4,881
Phillip James Lipp British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver East (BC) 4,727
Stewart Leslie Chambers Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 4,533
Robert Martin Strachan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cowichan-Newcastle 4,517
Anthony John Gargrave Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Mackenzie (BC) 4,468
Francis Xavier Richter Social Credit Similkameen 4,465
Cyril Hugh Poole Social Credit Comox 4,420
Lorne Hugh Shantz Social Credit North Okanagan 4,398
Fred H. Jackson British Columbia Liberal Party New Westminster (BC) 4,309
Arthur James Richard Ash British Columbia Liberal Party Saanich 4,256
Robert Edward Sommers Social Credit Rossland-Trail 4,182
Anna Ethel Sprott British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 4,079
Philip Arthur Gaglardi Social Credit Kamloops (BC) 4,037
Michael Leo Sweeney British Columbia Liberal Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 3,985
Malvin A Olsen Social Credit New Westminster (BC) 3,787
Arthur Albyn Emery British Columbia Liberal Party Dewdney 3,715
David Daniel Stupich Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nanaimo and the Islands 3,631
Thomas Frederick Orr Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Point Grey 3,607
Samuel Clayton Muirhead Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Rossland-Trail 3,470
Wesley Drewett Black Social Credit Nelson-Creston 3,450
Harold Sidney Kenyon Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Similkameen 3,419
Battleman Milton MacIntyre British Columbia Liberal Party Mackenzie (BC) 3,397
Mary Edith McDonald British Columbia Liberal Party Burnaby (BC) 3,351
Einar Maynard Gunderson Social Credit Oak Bay (BC) 3,280
Herbert Joseph Bruch Social Credit Esquimalt 3,264
Philip Archibald Gibbs British Columbia Liberal Party Oak Bay (BC) 3,182
Ray Gillis Williston Social Credit Fort George 3,160
Stanley John Squire Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alberni 3,116
Franklin John Trehern Mitchell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Esquimalt 3,089
Leo Thomas Nimsick Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cranbrook 2,955
John Wesley Baikie British Columbia Liberal Party Comox 2,944
Douglas T Wetmore British Columbia Liberal Party Rossland-Trail 2,899
William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd Social Credit Cariboo (BC) 2,733
John Joseph Perdue Social Credit Mackenzie (BC) 2,687
Percy Hawkins Social Credit Cowichan-Newcastle 2,686
Robert Graeme Simms Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Nelson-Creston 2,636
Lloyd Truman Beharrell British Columbia Liberal Party Chilliwack 2,631
Earle Cathers Westwood Social Credit Nanaimo and the Islands 2,626
Charles William Parker Social Credit Peace River (BC) 2,481
Emil Anderson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Chilliwack 2,456
Thomas Wilkinson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation South Okanagan 2,427
Andrew Mowatt Whisker British Columbia Liberal Party Cowichan-Newcastle 2,330
Robert Gordon Carson British Columbia Liberal Party Kamloops (BC) 2,272
Howard Cressman King Social Credit Cranbrook 2,219
James Bowie Fairley British Columbia Liberal Party Similkameen 2,109
George Edwin Hills Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Prince Rupert 2,074
Franklyn Valair British Columbia Liberal Party North Okanagan 2,071
Lorenzo Giovando Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Nanaimo and the Islands 2,046
Loran Kendall Jordan British Columbia Liberal Party Alberni 2,022
Geoffrey Innes Edgelow British Columbia Liberal Party Esquimalt 1,998
John Victor Hyde Wilson British Columbia Liberal Party South Okanagan 1,961
Arthur Roald Dahlen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Peace River (BC) 1,921
Arthur Bruce Brown British Columbia Liberal Party Prince Rupert 1,864
Fraser Tees British Columbia Liberal Party Nelson-Creston 1,803
Garvin James Edward Dezell British Columbia Liberal Party Fort George 1,802
Frank Howard Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Skeena (BC) 1,768
Bruce Edward Emerson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation North Okanagan 1,749
William Harvey Murray Social Credit Prince Rupert 1,731
Frank BOND Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Fort George 1,677
Thorwald Melanchton Peterson Social Credit Alberni 1,637
James Allan Reid Social Credit Salmon Arm 1,627
George Wayne Haddad British Columbia Liberal Party Cranbrook 1,615
Thomas Aubert Uphill Labour/Independent Party Fernie 1,601
Randolph Harding Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kaslo-Slocan 1,481
Lionel Charles Houle British Columbia Liberal Party Skeena (BC) 1,413
Cyril Morley Shelford Social Credit Omineca 1,390
Montague Lawrence Tyrwhitt-Drake Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 1,383
Stanley Weston British Columbia Liberal Party Peace River (BC) 1,378
Elmer Pearce Bradshaw British Columbia Liberal Party Nanaimo and the Islands 1,375
Gordon Hudson Dowding Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lillooet 1,372
Richard Stanley Lawrence Social Credit Skeena (BC) 1,372
Pete Wright Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kamloops (BC) 1,368
William John Thompson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Salmon Arm 1,341
Rodney Beavan Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Vancouver (BC) 1,338
Norman Stanley Carmichael Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 1,276
Hugh Reginald Allan Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 1,259
Henry Cartmell McKay British Columbia Liberal Party Fernie 1,229
Arthur St Clair Chapman Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 1,227
Douglas Deane Finlayson Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Oak Bay (BC) 1,220
Irvine Finlay Corbett Social Credit Yale (BC) 1,177
Robert Cecil Steele British Columbia Liberal Party Omineca 1,145
Robert James Patch Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Victoria City (BC) 1,139
James Gordon Gibson British Columbia Liberal Party Lillooet 1,103
Frank Conrad Olafson Social Credit Lillooet 1,065
Gideon Earl Malcolm British Columbia Liberal Party Cariboo (BC) 1,050
Claude Lionel Harrison Independent Victoria City (BC) 1,022
Vincent Segur Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Revelstoke 1,009
Frederick Wellington Taylor Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver Centre (BC) 1,007
Rupert Williams Haggen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Grand Forks-Greenwood 995
Joseph Wilson McConnell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cariboo (BC) 992
Nora Grace Lindsay Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Saanich 990
Glenholme Ferguson McMaster Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver Centre (BC) 971
Edward Fraser Rowland Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Omineca 952
Richard Orr Newton Social Credit Columbia 924
Alexander Bradshaw Jacobs Social Credit Kaslo-Slocan 867
Nigel Morgan Labour Progressive Party Vancouver East (BC) 842
Evan Donald MacDougall Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Yale (BC) 835
Clarence George Bryson British Columbia Liberal Party Yale (BC) 834
Harvey Murphy Labour Progressive Party Vancouver East (BC) 816
Stanley Alexander Roberts Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver East (BC) 803
Bessie Florence Leary British Columbia Liberal Party Kaslo-Slocan 792
Thomas Stanley Shorthouse Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Nelson-Creston 772
Irving Simpson Finkleman Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Vancouver East (BC) 747
Albert Peter Busch Christian Democratic Party Vancouver East (BC) 743
William Paniec Social Credit Fernie 702
Neville Ross Patrick Duke Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia North Okanagan 700
Henry Headley Moore British Columbia Liberal Party Columbia 676
Laurence Joseph Walshe Christian Democratic Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 658
Edward Morris Zunti Christian Democratic Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 643
Frederick Marven Stephens Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Burnaby (BC) 641
Harry Denyer Francis Social Credit Revelstoke 639
John James Carmichael British Columbia Liberal Party Salmon Arm 623
Emil George Fletcher Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Rossland-Trail 621
Arthur Brown Ritchie Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Salmon Arm 600
Robert William Pybus Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Delta 591
Henry Edward Taylor Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Chilliwack 589
Gordon Clarke McPhail Social Credit Grand Forks-Greenwood 583
William Angus Stewart Labour Progressive Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 580
Mary Chomyn Labour Progressive Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 572
Murray Lorne Watkins Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Dewdney 559
Frank Arthur Calder Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Atlin 553
Clifford Henry Stoodley British Columbia Liberal Party Revelstoke 551
Arvid Waldemar Lundell Independent Revelstoke 522
Earl Grey English Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cowichan-Newcastle 510
Jack Gardner Boultbee Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Cariboo (BC) 509
Frederick James Bevis Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Oak Bay (BC) 508
Ferdinand Theodor Peters Christian Democratic Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 505
Eileen Catherine Madson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Columbia 481
Norman L Goodwin Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Esquimalt 480
James Bryne Reardon Christian Democratic Party Vancouver Centre (BC) 480
Herbert Ashby Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Lillooet 452
Gilbert Smith Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Kamloops (BC) 427
Katharine Frances Huntington Weddell Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia South Okanagan 403
Bernard William Worsley Christian Democratic Party Burnaby (BC) 396
David Arnold Danielson Labour Progressive Party Delta 390
Nugent Watson Spinks Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Comox 378
William John Turner Labour Progressive Party Burnaby (BC) 367
James Albert Whyte Labour Progressive Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 367
Alan Earl Rankin Labour Progressive Party Vancouver-Burrard (BC) 360
John Higgin Labour Progressive Party Comox 357
Lomer Arthur Louis Dion Christian Democratic Party Vancouver East (BC) 351
Beatrice Christine Ferneyhough Labour Progressive Party Vancouver-Point Grey 348
Constance Marguerite Marks Labour Progressive Party Vancouver-Point Grey 338
Harold John Michael Griffin Labour Progressive Party Vancouver-Point Grey 337
Klaus Scheer British Columbia Liberal Party Grand Forks-Greenwood 324
John Brown McLaren Clarke Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Similkameen 323
Oliver James Ruttan Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Alberni 320
Cyril Anthony Brocking Christian Democratic Party Delta 315
William Duncan Smith British Columbia Liberal Party Atlin 275
Amy Frances Gilstead Labour Progressive Party Dewdney 250
Earl Dawe Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Mackenzie (BC) 230
William John O'Neill Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Skeena (BC) 220
Robert Gerald Sarginson Labour Progressive Party North Vancouver (BC) 217
Alma Jane Diebolt Christian Democratic Party Vancouver-Point Grey 212
Mae Angelique Messner Christian Democratic Party Vancouver-Point Grey 196
Wilfred Joseph Charbonneau Christian Democratic Party Vancouver-Point Grey 194
William Norman Kemp Independent Vancouver-Point Grey 193
Mary Freda Ennis Christian Democratic Party North Vancouver (BC) 182
Ruth Ellen May Euerby Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Grand Forks-Greenwood 177
Samuel Williams Cocker Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Omineca 172
Myrtle Woodward Bergren Labour Progressive Party Cowichan-Newcastle 168
Alfred Dewhurst Labour Progressive Party New Westminster (BC) 157
Archibald McGugan Labour Progressive Party Victoria City (BC) 153
Frank Wendell Bottner Labour Progressive Party Alberni 139
Irving Floyd Mortenson Labour Progressive Party Victoria City (BC) 127
Doris Winifred Blakey Labour Progressive Party Victoria City (BC) 126
Albert Edward Beasley Independent Cowichan-Newcastle 118
Grace Ellen Tickson Labour Progressive Party Nanaimo and the Islands 115
Frank Assu Social Credit Atlin 108
Bernard Cherry Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Yale (BC) 107
Gwyn Lorne Walters Labour Progressive Party Salmon Arm 101
Thomas Edward Mountford Labour Progressive Party Nelson-Creston 99
Nicholas Klim Labour Progressive Party North Okanagan 90
Casper Mervin Christian Democratic Party New Westminster (BC) 89
Charles Herbert Cook Labour Progressive Party Kamloops (BC) 80
Edward Jefferson Zinkan Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia Columbia 80
George Frampton Pedlar Christian Democratic Party Dewdney 72
Abie Louis Seligman Independent Vancouver-Point Grey 64
Edward Joseph Brewster Independent Nanaimo and the Islands 32
Edward Charles Mills People's Party Delta 20

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